Inhaler.



PATBNTED OCT. 9

w. T. WOOD.

INHALER. APPLIQATION FILED 00T.14. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM THOMAS WOOD, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR TO FRED O. WALLACE, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

INHALER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

Application filed October 14, 1905. Serial No. 282,768.

To all whom it may can/earn:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM THOMAS WOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Inhaler, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in inhalers.

The object of the present invention is t improve the construction of inhalers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device which will be compactly arranged and adapted to be worn on or connected with the finger of the user at night While asleep, so that it will be ready for instant use in case a person using it should awake.

A further object of the invention is to provide an inhaler of this character having a conveniently-arranged mop designed to be saturated with a healing agent for toothache or for the treatment of any other ailment and adapted to be readily detached for use and replaced after use.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arran ement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of". an inhaler constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the lines 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the inner rotary casing. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the mop.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates an outer cylindrical shell or casing having its end 2 closed and provided at opposite sides with apertures 3 and 4, preferably arranged, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with two apertures at one side and one aperture at the opposite side, so that either or both of the nostrils may be treated with the full strength of the inhaler. When it is desired to treat both nostrils, the side of the inhaler having the two apertures 3 is placed at the nose, and when only one nostril is to be treated the single aperture 4 is used. The breathing of the patient will draw the inhaled air through the device, which may be provided with a medicine or other compound for the treatment of colds, catarrh, or other ailment of the head or throat.

Within the outer cylindrical shell or casing is arranged a rotary inner casing 5, having gauze-covered apertures 6 and 7, corresponding with those of the outer shell or casing and adapted to be thrown into and out of register with the same. By rotating the inner casing the apertures thereof may be carried to and from the outer shell or casing, and by varying the size of the exposed portions of the apertures 6 and 7 the strength of the inhaler may be controlled. The inner casing carries a tube 8, having a flared end 9, which is secured to the outer end of the inner shell or casing and which closes the outer end of the same. The tube 3 is spaced from the inner shell or casing to provide an intervening annular space 10, which is adapted to receive themedicine to be inhaled, and the medicine be applied to the inhaler in any preferred form, such as by saturating a fabric 11. The fabric may be readily removed and saturated from time to time, and by these means any prescription may be used and the medicine may be changed from time to time, as desired.

The inner tube forms a receptacle for a mop 12, having a stem 13, of stout wire or other suitable material, which is bent at the outer end to form a ring or loop 14. The loop or ring 14 is adapted to be placed on the finger of a person when going to bed, so that the inhaler will be in position for instant use. The outer terminal of the wire of which the mop is constructed is bent outward at one end of the loop or ring to form a projection or lug 15, which detachably engages a perfo rated ear or flange 16, extending from the outer end of the inner rotary shell or casing. This construction interlocks the mop with the inner shell or casing, and the handle of the mop also forms a handle for rotating the said inner shell or casing to carry the apertures thereof to. and from the apertures of the outer shell or casing. Also the loop or ring 14 forms a handle for removing the inner shell or casing from the outer shell or casing. The stem of the mop is provided with a stopper 17, which fits into the outer end of the tubelor receptacle 8 to prevent evaporation of the healing agent carried by the mop.

It will be seen, that the inhaler is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, as it is strong and durable and compactly ar ranged, and that it is adapted to be conveniently worn on the finger at night. Also it will be clear that it may be quickly arranged for use and that either of the healing or curative agents carried by it may be applied without unscrewing or removing any part of the device liable to be lost.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An inhaler, comprising an outer shell or casing having apertures, an inner rotary shell or casing also provided with apertures and adapted to contain medicine, and a loop or ring forming a handle for retaining the inner shell or casing and detachably connected with the same, and carrying means normally located within the inhaler for applying medicine directly to the part to be treated.

2. An inhaler, comprising an outer shell or casing having apertures, an inner rotary shell or casing also provided with apertures and adapted to contain medicine, and a loop or ring forming a handle for retaining the inner shell or casing and detachably connected with the same, and carrying means normally located within the inhaler for applying medicine directly to the part to be treated, and provided with a mop normally arranged within the inhaler and removable therefrom when the loop or ring is disconnected from the inner shell or casing.

3. An inhaler, comprising an outer shell or casing, an inner rotary shell or casing fitted within the outer shell or casing, a receptacle carried by the inner shell or casing, and a mop fitting within the receptacle and having a handle connected with the inner shell or casing for rotating the same.

4. An inhaler, comprising an outer shell or casing, an inner shell or casing having a perforated ear, and a mop detachably fitted in the inner shell or casing, said mop being pro vided with an exterior handle having a projection detachably engaging the perforated ear of the inner shell or casing.

5. An inhaler, comprising an outer shell or casing, an inner shell or casing having a per forated ear, and a mop detachably fitted in the inner shell or casing, said mop being provided with an exterior resilient loop forming a handle and terminating in a projection which detachably engages the ear of the inner shell or casing.

6. An inhaler, comprising an outer shell or casing, an inner shell or casing having a receptacle, and a mop fitting in the receptacle and carrying a stopper for the same, said mop being also provided with an exterior handle forming a handle for the inhaler.

7. An inhaler, comprising an outer shell or casing open at one end, an inner shell or oasing, a tube having a flaring end secured to the outer end of the inner shell or casing, said tube being also spaced from the inner shell or casing to provide an intervening medicinespace, and a mop fitted in the tube and having a stopper fitting in the flaring end of the same.

8. An inhaler, comprising an outer shell or casing having apertures, an inner rotary shell or casing also provided with apertures and adapted to contain medicine, and a loop or ring forming a handle for rotating the inner shell or casing and detachably connected with the same.

9. An inhaler comprising an outer shell or casing having spaced apertures, an inner rotary shell or casing open at its outer end and also provided with spaced apertures arranged to be brought in alinement with the apertures of the outer shell or casing by the rotary movement of the inner shell, and a removable handle for rotating the inner shell or casing, said handle being provided with means for closing the outer end of the said inner shell or casing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM THOMAS WOOD.

Witnesses:

R. H. NEAL, F. b. BLUME. 

